New Member Spotlight: Nate Smith

An Urbana native born and raised, I started running at 12 when I joined the Urbana Middle School track team. Throughout high school I ran for track and cross country for Uni High, and in college I briefly ran for Case Western Reserve University’s track team. Since that time I've transferred to the University of Illinois, where I’m now a senior majoring in political science. I’ll do any race up to half marathon (though the longest distance I've raced is 7.5 miles), but I have the most fun running 800m-5k. This spring I’m planning to enter some open track meets, focusing on 800m and mile/1500m.